Unless handled with immense care and sensitivity, par- ticipatory theatre programmes can sometimes end in cementing pre- existing power and gender relations within the community (see for example Frank 1995, Boon and Pia stow 2004). In terms of drama's place in the curriculum more will be said in later chapters, but, for the moment, it will suffice to say that in Britain at least there have been two broadly opposing tendencies. On the one hand there was the move to have drama accepted as a viable, legitimate curriculum subject in its own right with its own sets of learning outcomes and assessment criteria.